Street artists transform boarded-up windows into messages of hope

On the night of May 29, protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at police hands boiled over into violence as people smashed windows, looted stores and lit fires around Over-the-Rhine, downtown and elsewhere. Although the violence occurred in many cities across the country, in Cincinnati it was a sickening reminder of the 2001 riots in Over-the-Rhine, unrest that was also ignited after the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer. The 2001 riots led to a transformation of…